Terms & conditions

These terms and conditions tell you how this Healthwatch website is managed and how you are protected when you are using our site.

If you do not agree with these terms, you should leave the site immediately.

Using our site

This Healthwatch website is maintained for your personal use and viewing. Access and use by you of this site constitutes acceptance by you of our Terms and Conditions, which take effect from the date of first use.

Copyright

The material featured on this site is subject to copyright protection unless otherwise indicated.

This Healthwatch website's copyright protected material may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium for research, private study or for internal circulation within an organisation. This is subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context.

Where any of this Healthwatch website's copyright items from this site are being republished or copied to others, the source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged.

Permission to reproduce this Healthwatch website's protected material does not extend to any material on this site that is identified as being the copyright of a third party. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.

Use of the Healthwatch logo

We don't allow external organisations to use our logo – including all registered providers. The only exceptions may be partner organisations that work closely with us on specific projects. In these cases, we may give permission for our logo to be used.

Our policy on the use of the logo is designed to prevent the public from being misled. Therefore, no provider – including registered providers – are allowed to use the logo.

The Healthwatch logo is a registered trademark and is protected under trademark law. If an external party uses it without permission, this constitutes infringement of our trademark.

Disclaimer

This website and material relating to Healthwatch , information, products and services (or to third party information, products and services), is provided 'as is', without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy.

We do not warrant that the functions in the material contained on this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or represent the full functionality, accuracy, or reliability of the materials.

In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damages whatsoever arising from use or loss of use of, data or profits arising out of or in connection with the use of this website.

Virus protection

We make every effort to check and test material at all stages of production. It is always wise for you to run an anti-virus program on all material downloaded from the Internet.

We cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or computer system which may occur whilst using material derived from this website.

You may not use the website or access it for any purpose, and/or to upload any content or data, which involves the transmission or other making available of any computer code, file, or program that is harmful or invasive or is intended to damage or hijack the operation of, or to monitor the use of, any hardware, software, or equipment (including, without limitation, any virus, worm, Trojan horse, Easter egg, time bomb or spyware).

Links from your website to this Healthwatch website

You are welcome to link to this website. However, please ensure you comply with the following conditions:

You must not imply in any way that this Healthwatch website endorses your organisation.

You may not use any version (local or national) of the Healthwatch logo without written agreement from us.

It is your responsibility to ensure deep-links to this Healthwatch website are kept updated. We will not notify you if we move content.

Links from this Healthwatch website website to your website

At this time this website only links to organisations that fit the following criteria:

Listing and linking of external websites should not be taken as endorsement of any kind.

External websites must have a clear aim, be highly relevant to the local Healthwatch audience and must contain quality content.

Government and public sector agency sites – i.e. departments or non-departmental government bodies

Statutory bodies

Educational establishments

Sites that have some connection with government or established authority – e.g. BBC, Stationery Office

Selected voluntary bodies and charities with advocacy functions of national importance

Selected trade, professional associations and unions.

Any links we add to our site must be directly relevant to specific sections or pages of this Healthwatch website.

We reserve the right to refuse or include links to any website.

Links must be directly relevant to specific sections or pages of the Healthwatch website.

Sites for which there are grounds for doubting the accuracy of the content will be excluded. A site may be excluded if the professional reputation of the site owner is unknown and/or there are grounds for doubting the accuracy of the content or suspecting critical bias.

Sites that push particular agenda or interests that might run counter to government policy or main messages will be excluded.

Private sector sites that promote company products or services will not normally be included.

Although we will endeavour to maintain links to other websites, we cannot guarantee that these links will work all the time and we have no control over the availability or reliability of linked pages.